Lisa's parents traveled the world collecting fine art. She would anxiously await their arrival, excited to see their newest purchase and learn about the artist. Lisa attributes her love of detailed, smaller works to her Father's favorite discovery, a small piece by a Dutch artist. She remembers her Dad walking through the door, putting her on his lap and slowly unwrapping the art. He handed her a magnifying glass and began to communicate his love for the artist's intricate layers that formed an old woman's face.

That is when she first realized that art is important.

Her material of choice is a hard board covered in porcelain clay and then India Ink, (Scratchboards). Lisa draws into the layer of ink with an XACTO knife until the image appears in the clay. Sometimes these boards are best left black and white, other times she adds color by painting with colored inks.

Her years as a graphic designer and art director continue to feed her passion for the fundamentals of design…pattern, shapes, texture, contrast and line. She is acutely aware of their presence...in a flower, a dragonfly, and a leaf. They appear simple at first glance only to reveal an incredible amount of information when intensified through a magnifying glass.

Domenic Iacono, Director of Syracuse University Galleries, awarded her Best of Show for 2014 Pussy Willows in the Less is More-Small Works in a Great Space Exhibition at The Mitchell Gallery at St. John's College in Annapolis, MD.

She was awarded an Artist's Residency from 2010-2012 at the Merchandise Mart in Chicago where she was given a studio space and has an upcoming Residency in March of 2016 at the Studios of Key West. Lisa was given an Award of Excellence along with the Critic's Choice Award by Jill Conner, New York art critic, curator and founder of AS/Artists Studios, NY, for her piece, Inside of an Iris in a 2013 Manhattan Arts International competition.

In addition, Inside of an Iris is on the front cover of the European release of New York Times Bestseller Colum McCann's novel, TransAtlantic who's cover won the 2015 Wooden Pencil Award of Excellence at the D&AD Ceremony in London. She was featured in the April 2014 issue of Luxe Beat Magazine's article, Art in Full Bloom and her art, Detail of a Grape Leaf, appears on a variety of labels for Encendido Wine, Argentina. Lisa was the November 2012 featured artist on the series, Artist to Artist with Enid Silverman, which airs on Comcast Cable TV. The manufacturers of Scratchboard, Ampersand Art Supply, awarded her the 2013 Ampersand Art Materials Award and purchased one of her pieces for their permanent collection.

Lisa Goesling participates in exhibitions throughout the United States and Canada and her art is in public/private collections worldwide.